Author Archives: Jan Paschal

First SPAC IPO of May:  Michael Klein’s SPAC IPO – Churchill Capital Corp. IX/Cayman (CCIXU) was priced Wednesday night, May 1, 2024, to trade today – Thursday, May 2 – on the NASDAQ. Churchill Capital Corp. IX priced its SPAC IPO in sync with the terms in its prospectus: 25.0 million units at $10.00 each to raise […]

Viking Holdings Ltd. (VIK) priced its upsized IPO at $24.00 – $1.00 below the top of its $21.00-to-$25.00 range – on Tuesday night (April 30, 2024). Viking, the Bermuda parent of the upscale cruise line, sold 64.04 million shares – up from 53.04 million shares – at $24.00 each to raise  $1.54 billion ($1,536.96 million). […]

 Viking Holdings Ltd. (VIK Proposed), the Bermuda cruise line, increased the size of its IPO to 53.0 million shares – up 20.5 percent from its initial size at  44.0 million shares – early today – Monday, April 29, 2024. The IPO’s price range was kept the same – at $21.00 to $25.00 – according to […]

(Updates The IPO Buzz column, initially published Wednesday night, April 24, 2024, with more information on Thursday, April 25, the first day of trading) Up is a golden word on Wall Street. Rubrik (RBRK), the Microsoft-backed cybersecurity data company, and Loar Holdings (LOAR), an aviation parts manufacturer, priced their IPOs above the range last night […]

Up is the word of the night. Loar Holdings (LOAR) priced its IPO at $28.00 – $2.00 above the top of its range – on 11.0 million shares – the number in the prospectus – to raise $308.0 million on Wednesday night, April 24, 2024. The aviation parts manufacturer’s stock is expected to start trading […]

Sail on: Viking Holdings Ltd.  (VIK Proposed) of Bermuda unveiled the terms for its $1.01 billion IPO early today – Monday, April 22, 2024 – and launched the deal with plans to price it next week. Viking’s IPO consists of 44.0 million shares at a price range of $21.00 to $25.00 to raise $1.01 billion, if […]

Tungray Technologies (TRSG) doubled its $4.00 IPO price – and kept on climbing – to score a moonshot today (Friday, April 19, 2024) during its first day of trading  on the NASDAQ. Shares of Tungray traded at $9.51 at 11:23 a.m. EDT on the NASDAQ on volume of 905,671 shares. Tungray opened today at $6.58 […]

Centuri Holdings, Inc. (CTRI), a unit of Southwest Gas Holdings Inc. (SWX), priced its IPO at $21.00 – the top of its $18.00-to-$21.00 range – on Wednesday night (April 17, 2024) and sold 12.4 million shares – the number in the prospectus – to raise $260.4 million. Shares of Centuri shot up 13.1 percent to open at $23.75 – up […]

Ibotta (IBTA) priced its IPO at $88.00 – $4.00 above its $76.00-to-$84.00 range – on Wednesday night (April 17, 2024) on 6.56 million shares – the number of shares in the recently  upsized deal’s prospectus. Ibotta’s IPO raised $577.28 million. That price – $88.00 – confirmed the red-hot buzz swirling around the Denver-based digital ad […]

Aviation part manufacturer Loar Holdings Inc. (LOAR Proposed) disclosed the terms for its IPO – 11.0 million shares at a price range of $24.00 to $26.00 – and launched the $275 million deal early today – Wednesday, April 17, 2024. The IPO is expected to price next week. (See: IPO Calendar ) This is a […]